Thursday, 22 August 2013

Policewoman Caught Demanding N100 In Video Footage Has Been Arrested

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said it had arrested a
policewoman caught in a video footage demanding a bribe of N100 from a
commercial bus driver.

Public Relations Officer of the command,
Ngozi Braide, told our correspondent on the telephone that the arrest
followed a probe of the video which has been circulating on the social media.

“We have arrested her and she is presently in custody. She will be made
to undergo an orderly room trial and the outcome will be made public,’’
Braide said.

When asked to provide the name and the station the
female cop was attached, Braide said she could not immediately provide
the details and told our correspondent to call back.

Subsequent calls placed to her phone were not answered. A text message sent to her phone on the matter was also not replied.

In
the last 24 hours, the one-minute 25 seconds video, which first
appeared on YouTube, has attracted double the amount of views, moving
from 23,000 to over 46, 000 as at the time of this report.

In the
footage, the policewoman was heard insisting on collecting the N100
bribe from a driver who she apprehended for violating a traffic rule at a
yet-to-be identified location in Lagos.

The driver who had
passengers in the bus was heard appealing to her that he should be
allowed to proceed on his journey. But the driver’s pleas fell on deaf
ears as the policewoman insisted on collecting the bribe.

Good developement in Nigeria, thanks to advance tech! All of us
that have been clamoring for revolution should do out parts no matter
how little. Look how much more simple it is to have a hidden camera in
your car to expose these people, than it is to have a violent
revolution.